Road To Epistaxis

Just played a session right after watching the pilot of Boardwalk Empire. Seems like a great series! Always loved the 20's and Steve Buscemi is just a bonus! I have a feeling I will be watching another one after I'm done with this!

So back to my session. I am pretty satisfied apart from two hands against a multitabling 33/24. Quite surpised I would run into them at Stars... Most of of the Stars' VPP collectors play in the same robotic manner, somewhat straight forward with spazzy moves mixed in and yeah, most of them fancy a showdown every now and then.

$5.00/$10 Limit Hold'em - 6 players

Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is UTG with T K
Hero raises, 2 folds, BTN calls, 1 fold, BB calls

Flop: (6.4 SB) 4 A 3(3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BTN folds, BB raises, Hero calls

Turn: (5.2 BB) T(2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls

River: (7.2 BB) A(2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls

This is really early in the session. Villain, 33/24, will be raising his TP+ hands and his good draws on the flop. My brain malfunctioned when the T hit and I called down hence my read. I actually felt like folding on the flop here since villain is aware of my UTG opening range and how it hits this board. However, I have been working on getting to showdown more and I still find the wrong spot from time to time. Shame on me.

$5.00/$10 Limit Hold'em - 6 players

Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is MP with Q A
UTG raises, Hero 3-bets, 4 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (7.4 SB) 5 Q 7(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls

Turn: (5.7 BB) K(2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls

River: (7.7 BB) K(2 players)
UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG 3-bets, Hero calls

Second hand versus the same villain. I just called the flop to pop the turn and somehow failed to do so when a K hit. When the second K came I just couldn't keep my fingers away from the raise button and told myself I would fold to a 3-b. Yeah, you can see how good I managed to follow through there.

That's all for today folks. Boardwalk Empire anyone?